Monthly update: Oil and real estate wagging this dog.

DVK: sensiblestocks.com ( does not include Monday 8/31 )

...............Current Value Prior Value Period Change %Change Estimated Income Estimated Yield

July Totals... $333,532.16.. $333,343.28..../.. $188.88....... 0.1%.. $17,602.97... 5.3%
Aug. Totals.. $314,855.88.. $333,532.16.. ($18,676.28)... (5.6)%.. $17,334.25.. 5.5%

Since Jan. 1, 2015:

Nasdaq 4727 to 4777 =................ +1.06%
S+P 500 2058 to 1972 =.............. -4.2%%
DVK SS $81,250 to $77,442 =...... -4.7%
Dow 17833 to 16,528 = ................ -7.3%
My IRA $344,503 to $314,856 = .. -8.6%
BRK.A $223,600 to $202,531 =...... -9.4%

Since inception Jan. 1, 2010:

Nasdaq 2269 to = 4777 ............. +102.0 (includes total 4.70 yield for 2010 thru 2014 )
BRK.A 99,200 = to $202,531= ...+104.2%
S+P 500 1115 to 1972 =............ +86.05% (includes total 9.19 yield for 2010 thru 2014 )
DVK SS $41,706 to $77,442 =... +85.68%
My IRA $178,517 to $314,856= +76.37%
Dow 10428 to = 16,528 ...............+69.95% (includes total 11.45 yield for 2010 thru 2014 )

Bottom line, estimated income:

End Jan. 2010 $11,134
End Dec. 2010 $13,160
End Dec 2011 $14,836
End Dec. 2012 $17,371
End Dec. 2013 $18,563
End Dec. 2014 $22,093
End Aug. 2015 $17,334.25

August dividends: $1,965.70

Actual dividends received:
2010 total $12,317
2011 total $14,160
2012 total: $16,497
2013 total: $19,421
2014 total: $20,564
2015 total: $13,496.08

Dividends:

08/31/2015 00:00:01 ORDINARY DIVIDEND (UTG) 15.13 ---
08/31/2015 00:00:01 ORDINARY DIVIDEND (LTC) 51.00 ---
08/28/2015 00:00:01 QUALIFIED DIVIDEND (LTS PRA) 33.34 ---
08/24/2015 00:00:01 QUALIFIED DIVIDEND (TIS) 70.00 ---
08/21/2015 00:00:01 ORDINARY DIVIDEND (NRF) 178.40 ---
08/19/2015 02:44:43 ORDINARY DIVIDEND (AMLP) 59.80 ---
08/17/2015 00:00:01 ORDINARY DIVIDEND (O) 171.00 ---
08/17/2015 00:00:01 ORDINARY DIVIDEND (OHI) 48.40 ---
08/17/2015 00:00:01 QUALIFIED DIVIDEND (PG) 29.83 ---
08/14/2015 00:00:01 QUALIFIED DIVIDEND (KMI) 490.00 ---
08/14/2015 00:00:01 PARTNERSHIP DISTRIBUTION (CLMT) 393.19 ---
08/14/2015 00:00:01 PARTNERSHIP DISTRIBUTION (BBEP) 16.66 ---
08/13/2015 00:00:01 PARTNERSHIP DISTRIBUTION (WPZ) 284.75 ---
08/03/2015 00:00:01 QUALIFIED DIVIDEND (T) 105.28 ---
08/03/2015 00:00:01 QUALIFIED DIVIDEND (GIS) 18.92 ---


Trades:

08/24/2015 15:41:38 Bought 310 CCP @ 32.729 -10,153.99 ---
08/24/2015 15:29:06 Bought 150 VTR @ 56.9 -8,543.00 ---
08/24/2015 15:06:02 Sold 500 O @ 46.1401 23,061.62 ---
08/21/2015 11:30:14 Bought 40 KO @ 39.98 -1,607.20 ---
08/21/2015 11:04:48 Bought 40 PM @ 82.26 -3,298.40 ---
08/21/2015 11:03:19 Sold 200 LTS PRA @ 23.4489 4,681.69 ---
08/20/2015 14:42:36 Bought 80 KO @ 40.6 -3,256.00 ---
08/20/2015 13:55:21 Bought 150 STR @ 19.9 -2,993.00 ---
08/14/2015 15:16:11 Bought 25 WPZ @ 38.88 -980.00 ---
08/12/2015 11:52:39 Bought 30 JNJ @ 97.51 -2,933.30 ---
08/12/2015 09:50:41 Bought 30 JNJ @ 98.3 -2,957.00 ---
08/12/2015 09:35:23 Bought 26 T @ 33.5999 -881.60

2015 trading costs $920

Holdings - cash $12,535

Not listing "other" holdings. BBEP, SDRL, SOUHY, and KMI+. List includes Sept. PM trade buy, and Sept. raises - VGR + VZ.

Current holdings dividend side: $392 cash. Symbol Company Name # of shares held Annual Dividend Per Share Total Dividend AMLP Alerian MLP ETF 200 1.19 238 AMNF Armanino Foods of Distinction 1,000 0.072 72 BBL BHP Billiton PLC 60 2.48 148 BGS B&G Foods Inc. 170 1.40 238 CCP Capital Care Properties 360 2.28 820 CLMT Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP 574 2.74 1572 CVX Chevron Corporation 192 4.28 822 GIS General Mills, Inc. 43 1.64 71 HP Helmerich & Payne, Inc. 55 2.75 151 JNJ Johnson & Johnson 90 3.00 270 KO Coca Cola 120 1.32 158 KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc. 1,000 1.96 1960 LTC LTC Properties Inc 300 2.04 612 MO Altria Group Inc. 200 2.08 416 MPW Medical Properties Trust Inc. 1,450 0.88 1276 NRF NorthStar Realty Corp. 446 1.60 714 O Realty Income Corp. 400 2.28 912 OGE OGE Energy Corp 220 1.00 220 OHI Omega Healthcare Investors Inc 88 2.20 193 OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation 252 3.00 756 PG The Procter & Gamble 45 2.65 119 PM Phillip Morris Company 225 4.00 900 SO Southern Company 88 2.10 190 SPAN Span-America Medical Systems Inc 145 0.64 92 STR Questar Corporation 150 0.84 126 T AT&T, Inc. 250 1.88 470 TIS Orchids Paper Products Company 200 1.40 280 UTG Reaves Utility Income F 100 1.815 182 VGR Vector Group Ltd. 472 1.60 755 VTR Ventas, Inc. 350 2.92 1022 VZ Verizon 250 2.26 565 WMB Williams Companies Inc 235 2.36 554 WPZ Williams Partners L.P. 360 2.36 849 Total YOC 9.927% 17,723